INT. CORUSCANT - HOTEL - AMIDALA’S QUARTERS - AFTERNOON

Anakin walks down a long hallway in a grand, regal hotel. He stops before the door to Amidala’s chambers, which is flanked by two guards.

GUARD : May I help you, son?

ANAKIN : I’m Anakin Skywalker, a friend of Amidala’s. Can I speak with her?

GUARD : I’m sorry, but she will see no one at this time.

ANAKIN : But you can give her a message, right?

GUARD : Of course.

ANAKIN : I’m going to the Jedi Temple to start my training, I hope ... and I might not see her again ... and ... I just wanted to say goodbye ... and that I’m sorry for her loss.

GUARD : I’ll be sure to deliver the message to her.

Anakin thanks the guard, then turns around, leaving through the way he came. As he does so he comes close to bumping into Qui-Gon.

ANAKIN : Qui-Gon!

QUI-GON : Anakin ...

ANAKIN : What are you ...?

QUI-GON : I ... (looking over Anakin’s shoulder at the guards standing beyond) came to ... to pay my respects to the Princess.

ANAKIN : She’s ... she’s not taking any visitors.

QUI-GON : I see ... What about messages?

ANAKIN : Messages?

QUI-GON : Messages.

ANAKIN : (looking back at the guards) Yes, yes, she’ll take a message.

QUI-GON : Alright then. (cont’d) See you later, Skywalker?

ANAKIN : Yes ... see you later.

Without further word Qui-Gon walks past Anakin and over to the guards to deliver his condolences. Anakin looks after him a moment, his brow creased with thought, then he turns and continues on his way.

EXT. CORUSCANT - JEDI TEMPLE - ARCHIVE LIBRARY - AFTERNOON

Obi-Wan and Anakin enter the Jedi archives of the Temple. Throughout the grand room stand countless shelves and computer terminals. A number of Jedi Knights and Padawans browse through the archives, looking for information.

Obi-Wan leads Anakin through the chamber, who tries to shrink and make himself inconspicious.

ANAKIN : Is it okay for me to be here?

OBI-WAN : The archives are restricted to non-Jedi. However, I have made an exception for you this one time.

ANAKIN : Why did you bring me here?

OBI-WAN : I have something to show you.

Obi-Wan and Anakin make their way past the terminals, where they find two Jedi having a conversation. One of the Jedi is named Jocasta Nu - a middle aged woman dressed in gold-and-grey robes, with her hair tied up in a tight bun. She is the Chief Librarian of the archives.

The Jedi turns to the new arrivals.

JOCASTA NU : So, Obi-Wan Kenobi ... this is the guest I was told about.

OBI-WAN : Yes, Master.

JOCASTA NU : To see the Statue of the Chosen One?

OBI-WAN : Yes.

JOCASTA NU : Go right on ahead. I believe you know the way?

OBI-WAN : I do, Master.

JOCASTA NU : (studying Anakin) There is a resemblance, isn’t there?

Her statement perplexes Anakin, but Obi-Wan leads him away before the young man can ask her what she meant.

The Jedi Knight leads Anakin down an aisle, eventually coming to a far wall. There - standing over them - is a massive metal statue. On the base are engraved strange hieroglyphs. The figure itself is human, garbed in armour, robes, and cloak, holding over its head an ignited lightsaber.

The features of the statue’s face match those of Anakin’s exactly.

OBI-WAN : It was shaped by a Jedi prophet in the earliest days of the Order. It is made out of Mandalorian iron, which is how it has been able to remain intact all these countless millennia.

ANAKIN : It looks - it looks like me!

OBI-WAN : Yes, it does indeed, Anakin.

ANAKIN : Who is it?

OBI-WAN : The writings on the base speak of a time when a period of peace would give way to a period of war, when a great darkness would settle over the galaxy. It says that a son with no parents would be found under the light of two stars and chosen to combat the darkness. With his brother - which could be interpreted to mean his ally - he would confront the evil and conquer it. Doing so he would become one with the Force and restore order, bringing balance. (turning to Anakin) You never met your biological parents, and Tatooine is located in a binary star system.

ANAKIN : You think ... you think I’m this guy? You think I’m this Chosen One?

OBI-WAN : I do.

ANAKIN : C’mon ... that prophecy is so vague anyone could meet its criteria. I’m only a kid.

OBI-WAN : A kid unusually strong with the Force.

ANAKIN : The Force - what is that anyway?

OBI-WAN : A living energy field which gives us our power.

ANAKIN : I thought Ashla -

OBI-WAN : I’m afraid the information your friend Nebar Foxis gave you on our Order wasn’t quite accurate.

ANAKIN : (cont’d) Okay, so I have this Force ... So do a million other beings then. How do you know one of them isn’t this Chosen One?

OBI-WAN : Look at the statue, Anakin.

ANAKIN : So what? In this galaxy there’s bound to be someone who looks a lot like me - and this statue - a lot of someones, actually. How can you know I’m the one?

OBI-WAN : It’s a feeling I have. I can’t explain it to you in any other way that you’ll understand.

ANAKIN : It’s not smart to always trust your feelings, you know.

OBI-WAN : It is the way of the Force to trust our feelings. We’re taught that from the very beginning.

ANAKIN : Well ... I’ll admit you know more about this than I do.

OBI-WAN : Already open to receiving wisdom, are you? That’s good. Very good. Work on that.

ANAKIN : Sure ... you’re the Master.

OBI-WAN : (cont’d) The darkness mentioned in the prophecy ... it may have nothing at all to do with the Cloners. This darkness may in fact centre around the Jedi assassin.

ANAKIN : You think he could be a threat to the galaxy at large?

OBI-WAN : Possibly - especially if he is only one of many.

ANAKIN : You mean like an organization of evil Jedi?

OBI-WAN : Precisely.

ANAKIN : But wouldn’t you Jedi have noticed them? Wouldn’t the Force send you a vision or something?

OBI-WAN : Darksiders are shrewd. They very well could have escaped our notice. (cont’d) If this Jedi is in allegiance with a dark side organization, then the Force be with us. Not since the days of the Sith have we faced such a threat.

ANAKIN : The Sith?

OBI-WAN : The Sith were the enemies of the Jedi Order at one point thousands of years in the past ... (cont’d) They were once noble Jedi, brothers in the Force. But they chose to explore the mysteries of the dark side of the Force. They were corrupted.

ANAKIN : Were they - ?

OBI-WAN : They were expelled from the Order, and eventually had to be exiled, forced from the Republic. They were sent out into the unknown, where it was believed they perished. They didn’t. They found their way to the homeworld of a primitive race - the Sith, from whom they took their name. (cont’d) The fallen Jedi conquered the Sith and in time interbred with them, creating an empire, an empire of Sith. This Sith Empire found its way back to the Republic. (cont’d) The Sith brought nothing but death and disaster, corrupting anything they didn’t destroy.

ANAKIN : But they’re gone now?

OBI-WAN : Exterminated. In the last days of the Sith Wars. Suicide.

ANAKIN : You must be thankful.

OBI-WAN : Indeed I am.

They both take one final look at the statue, then leave.